Bahamian Straw Vendor Shamone Thompson Released

The Bahamas Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to advise that the case of another of the remaining Bahamian Nationals arrested and charged in New York on 18 September 2010 has been concluded.

Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case

NASSAU, Bahamas — (AP) A judge in the Bahamas dismissed charges Monday against two people accused of trying to extort money from John Travolta after the actor decided he no longer wanted to face the pain of a new trial stemming from the death of his teenage son on the island chain. Prosecutor Neil Braithwaite had submitted a motion to drop the case just as a retrial was about to start for the two defendants. “The Travolta family has said that this matter has caused them unbelievable stress and pain and they wish to put this whole thing behind them,” Braithwaite told the court after a jury had been picked to hear the case…

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Bahamas drops charges in Travolta extortion case

TV personality talks with girls from the Willie Mae Pratt Centre about self-validation

NASSAU, Bahamas — US Ambassador Her Excellency Nicole A Avant in conjunction with the Ministry of Labour and Social Development invited TV personality, author and Access Hollywood host Shaun Robinson to visit the Willie Mae Pratt Centre for Girls, Saturday, April 24.